Coin-holder.



No. 633,839. Patented Sept. 26, I899.

H. L. HAYNES.

COIN HOLDER.

(Application filed mi. 29, 1899.

(In Modal.)-

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com-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming 's-r of Letters Pa e No. 633,839, dated September 26, 1899.

Applicationfiled January 20,1899. Serial No. 702,840. No model.)

To all whom it may concern; Be it known that 1,,HENRIETTA L. HAYNES,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bosquired for use; aud'to this end my invention 7 consists in a coin-holder composed of a channeled strip doubled to form two branches or bifurcations, betweenwhich the coins are held at their edges, coinbined'with a self-adjusting locking device normally extending over the ends of the two branches of'the holder to re-.

tain the coins in place and movable laterally to permit of their withdrawal for use, as hereinafter fully set forth. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved coi n-h older adapted for holding coins of two different denominations. Fig. ,2 is an elevation of one side of the same,showin g the manner in which the coins are held at their edges. Fig. 3, is an elevation of the opposite side of the holder. Fig. 4 is a top View of the same. Fig. 5 isa transverse section on the line 5 5, of Fig.

Inthe said drawings, A represents my coinholder, which is composed of a strip or piece of sheet metal provided with two parallel channels or grooves 12 c. This strip is doubled to form two branches or members 61 d,

' between which the'coins are held at their edges which lie within the channels or grooves 11 c, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The larger coinsfor instance, those of the five-cent denominationare held within the oppositelydisposed portions of the channel 17, andthe smaller coins for example, those of thetencent denomination-are held within the oppositely-disposed portions of the channel a, which lie nearer together than those ofth'e channel I), both channels being of such width as to permit the coins topartially overlap each,

other, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, whereby the holder is adapted to contain a greater. number of coins, each one of which being 'exposed in the space between the two branches of the holder can be readily pushed along the channel by the thumb or finger and taken out of the holder when required for use. I prefer to have the two branches converge slightly at their outer ends, leaving the inner portions sufliciently far apart to permit the coins to be and loss of the coins contained within the holder, I provide a self-adjusting yielding locking device B, which ispreferably com posed, as shown, of a piece of spring-wire bent double'or into. the form ofa bail and having the ends of its side portions 10 1O soldered or otherwise fastened at 12 12 to the per or outer portion of the wire which extends over the ends of the branches at d and across the space between the same is bent into serpentine shape, forming three lips or guards 16 18 18, the central one, 16, lying in the path ofthe smaller coins in the channel 0, and

those, 18, lying in the path of thelarger coins in tlie chan nel b, thereby preventing the withdrawal of thecoins from the holder until they have been moved out of the way by pushing the'gnard to one side or the other with the finger, according as it may be, desired to withdraw the larger or smaller coins, the resiliency of the wire causing the locking device when released to immediately resume its normal position over the coins and close theend of the holder, as required. This locking device also serves to stifien the holder and prezecrlits the spreading apart of the two branches If desired, both of the channels of the holder may be adapted for holding coins of the same denomination, or the holder may be con structed with a single channel only for hOlLh.

ing coins of but one denomination.

' What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

pushed up to the outer end with 'aiminimnm amount of friction. I

In order to prevent the accidental escape outer sides of the two branches d d. The upcations between which the coins areheld at their edges, combined with a self-adjusting locking device normally extending over the ends of the two branches of the holder, to retain the coins within the same, said locking IOO device being movable to permit of the Withdrawal of the coins for use, substantially as described.

2. A coin-holder consisting of a channeled strip doubled to form two branches or bifur cations between which the coins are held at their edges, combined with a self-adjusting bail shaped locking device composed of 5 spring-Wire, and having its ends secured to the sides of the holder, and its upper or outer per- 1 I tion bent to form overhanging lips or guards HENRIETTA L. HAYNES.

In presence of- P. E. TESCHEMACHER, M. B. WILSON. 

